Russian spacecraft 'has just fallen into the Pacific Ocean'

Russian scientists reported that the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft's debris had fallen into the Pacific on Sunday 15 October after failing to complete the mission to explore Mars.

'Based on information from the space control center, Phobos-Grunt's debris has fallen into the Pacific at 17:45 GMT on January 15 (ie 0: 45 hours Vietnam on January 16) " , Center spokesman Alexei Zolotukhin told Interfax news agency.

The Roscosmos Russian aerospace agency has not yet made any comments, after the agency repeatedly changed its prediction location where the ship's debris could fall (initially predicted to be Indian Ocean).

According to the ITAR-TASS news agency , it is possible that the debris has landed 1,250km from the Wellington Islands off Chile.

Earlier, Roscosmos had predicted the debris could fall to South America, in the territory of Argentina.

However, the signs of Phobos-Grunt's final collision point with that Fruit have not yet been confirmed.RIA Novosti news agency quoted a Russian expert as saying the ship's debris fell into the waters off Brazil.

This unmanned ship was put into orbit from 9/11, being one of the largest outer space objects back in the atmosphere since Russia landed on the Mir space station in 2001. Loader Enough fuel to reach the mysterious moon of Mars, Phobos, and was lightened after launching a Chinese satellite expected to orbit around the red planet according to a historic agreement between Moscow and Beijing.